Fight or Flight? - 2021 Applied Theatre TIE Festival

This project is presented by MA in Applied Theatre students, Tyannie Adams, Tamelan Chauvet, Joy Leonard, Marianne Pita, and Olivia Sonell as part of the 2021 virtual Theatre in Education (TIE) Festival.

Fight or Flight? is a TIE drama designed for community college students at Bronx Community College, exploring a slice of Bronx history. Part One examines the 'decade of fire' (1970s) and the pressures and policies which contributed to 'white flight' from the South Bronx. Part Two is a process drama about the Young Lords' collaboration with hospital staff to occupy Lincoln Hospital, also known in those days as "The Butcher Shop."